Decided to redo this post as it's been over a year and there are a few things to add/update. JAL like many airlines in Asia is complicated. 7 stopovers is an over simplification. Since I published this list last year, a few blogs have scraped that info and simply said that JAL allows 7 stopovers, but don't explain under what context. So I need to go back and explain a bit more about this. OneWorld tickets allow 7 stopovers.
Here it is, a basic list of airline stopover rules (with extended routing rules below):
Read moreAmerican Airlines now has strict routing rules that don't let you transit through other regions, plus they now don't allow stopovers. I've tried to come up with solutions to this.
Also, I hate paying for things, and I love geeking out about routing rules. With AA, this is kind of a problem, as traditionally you needed a paid service to figure out AA's rules.
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